There was some concern that the mother and calf have separated from their pod, but all reports are that the calf looks healthy.

If you're planning a trip to the San Juan Islands and you're neither a yacht owner nor a plane-chartering billionaire nor a sea kayaker with biceps of steel, then you'll be taking a ferry out of Anacortes,

The Center for Whale Research has announced the exciting birth of a new orca calf in the L Pod, observed near San Juan Island on Sunday. The newborn, designated L128, was seen with its mother, L90, swimming westbound off Vancouver Island before being spotted again near San Juan Island.